Opinion
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Stiglitz Pens Manifesto for More Progressive-Socialist Government
Opinion -Review of People, Power and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz -
Right to Try Legislation Expands Patient Freedom in North Carolina
Opinion -A new law expanding patient access to medical treatments in North Carolina will go into effect on December 1, having received unanimous approval in both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly and the July 1 signing by Governor Roy Cooper. -
This Little Engine Delivers Results for DC Children
Opinion -Over the past 15 years, the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) has become the Little Engine That Could among school choice programs in the United States. -
On Energy, Maine’s Politicians Keep Making a Bad Situation Even Worse
Opinion -Politicians everywhere should have to take a version of the Hippocratic Oath, swearing the laws they enact to solve problems won’t make the situation worse. -
Dear Senator Warren, the Revolving Door With Gottlieb Didn’t Start at Pfizer
Opinion -Warren barely scratched the surface on the audacity of unelected and unaccountable executive agency officials who blatantly abuse their positions of power for their own gain. -
Medicare for All: More Taxes, Worse Health Care, and Much More Debt
Opinion -News flash: Medicare and Social Security, the nation’s two largest entitlement programs, are on the fast track towards bankruptcy. -
A Paternalistic Government Solution to Payday Loan ‘Debt Traps’
Opinion -Government paternalism consists not only of giving people things they didn’t pay for, but also in preventing people from making decisions that, in the benevolent judgment of superintending bureaucrats, aren’t in their best interest. -
SPIKED AT FORBES: Global Warming? An Israeli Astrophysicist Provides Alternative View That Is Not Easy To Reject
Opinion -NOTE: This article about 'skeptic' climate scientist Nir Shaviv was published and then quickly pulled from Forbes.com. We publish it here to save the trouble of using the Wayback Machine to read it. The Internet is Forever. -
Country Time Offers ‘Legal Ade’ to Entrepreneurial Children Thwarted by Regulations
Opinion -Operating a business generally requires a permit, and food-sellers are subject to the requirements of state and local health codes. -
U.S. Methane Emissions Much Lower than Previously Estimated, Study Finds
Opinion -A finds methane emissions from U.S. oil and natural gas production over the past decade are “an order of magnitude lower” than what has been reported by previous studies. -
The Case for a Coercive Green New Deal?
Opinion -Social and economic crises, real and imagined, often seem to bring out the most wrongheaded thinking in matters of government policy. -
Modern Transportation—A Miracle Under Attack
Opinion -Modern transportation is amazing. Each day, millions of people fly, drive, or are transported across our world for business, pleasure or to see distant family members. -
Trade With China Benefits American Consumers
Opinion -A new paper forthcoming in the journal American Economic Review: Insights estimates the effect of trade with China on American consumers and shows us what we stand to lose if we don't end the trade war. -
IRS Roadmap Illustrates Complexity of Federal Tax System
Opinion -“Subway map” illustrates the tangled taxpaying process, from getting answers to tax law questions up through audits, appeals, and litigation -
Enforce Rules Against False and Misleading Organic Claims
Opinion -FDA must no longer let organic food growers, manufacturers and sellers get away with lies. -
Heartland Weekly: Climate Conference Speakers Defend Climate Realism
Opinion -Week of August 5, 2019 -
California Slow-Walks Compensation for Farmers, Ranchers
Opinion -California landowners who had their land seized years ago through eminent domain for the state’s high-speed rail project are still waiting to be paid for the expenses owed them, for land the state might never even get around to using. -
Trump Deregulation Will Save $3,100 Per Household, CEA Reports
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The goal of the Trump regulatory agenda is “to reduce costly regulation, while protecting workers, public health, safety, and the environment,” the report states. -
Big Government, Shrinking Economy: The Case for Small Government
Opinion -From 1960 to 1973, the U.S. economy grew by an average of 4.3 percent per year with a government share of 30 percent of GDP. -
Climate Conference Keynote Speakers, Award Winners Defend Climate Realism
Opinion -Keynote speakers at ICCC 13 said the high costs of policies proposed to fight climate change weren't justified by a scientific understanding of the purported risks. -
How Some Teacher Unionistas Spent Their Summer Vacation
Opinion -The “Red for Ed” movement is becoming redder by the day. -
Conservative Groups Urge Wisconsin Legislature to Spare Wedding Barns from Alcohol Regulation
Opinion -They urge lawmakers in Madison to forgo “using the heavy hand of government to regulate wedding barns out of business." -
Keep Smoking San Francisco, The Golden Gate City Needs MSA Funds
Opinion -After banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavoring in e-cigarettes, San Francisco is snuffing out tobacco harm reduction again. -
President Signs Executive Order to Speed Biotech Development
Opinion -President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) to streamline the process for developing, testing, and gaining approval of genetically modified crops in order to reduce costs and encourage development.
